Cape cart-hood.



R. W. MAUDSLAY.

CAPE CART HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 1912 Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

INVENTDR Fla 2 FIG:

ATTORNEYS WITNESSES item BEGINALD HALTER IYIAUDSLAY, OF COVENTRY,ENGLAND.

CAYE CART-HOOD.

1 ,(VHLQQS. Specification of Application filed January !7, 1912.

'10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, REGINALD lVAL'rEu MA'rosnAY, a subject of the Kingof Great Britain, and resident of Coventry, in the county of :arwick,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CapeCart-Hoods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rape cart hoods chiefly for use on motorvehicles, and has particular reference to the side curtains used to fillin the spaces beta-teen the top and the body. Usually such curtains aresecured to the hood and to the body by turnbuttons, and they seriouslyinterfere with ass-age through thedoor and in consequence of thedifliculty, in fixing and removal they are not used as much as might bethe case if a better construction were provided. Such curtains aregenerally only used when intended to be kept in place for some littletime and are very inconvenient when a door has to be used frequently, asfor shopping, calling, etc. These.objt' tions are overcome by providingtimid/Oil With'a door which is attached to the body door so as to opentherewith, and hinged to the hood. the lintel or frame or the curtainfixed by turnlmttonsor the like to the cape hood and to the body. Thus wen the body door is closed the (jllltilll1 tlfi( l' shut and the body'inelo:-=ed. The curtain opens autoi'natically with the bony door :3that no ineonvenleiur: is experienced ow, to the side curtain being inuse,

in the aco ilii ):iriyin draw is a side elevation of part showing theinvention a 0 ,art hood. The door in i as closed. l i a'. Q is a norm-e1Fig. l but the door is open of olearn-ees thev door on the ol vehicle isomitted. Fig i. a s ot the hood door parts.

Like letters indicatelilte parts through .1211; the drawings.

To the hood is drlm-hablyl sort or lintel A by means oi" Othertui'nbuttons at {l Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3. M 2.

Serial No. 671,582.

edge of this frame to the body. It will be seen that the frame formsthree sides of a rectangle, and it may consist of cape hood canvas orother suitable material suitably stitlened. By means of the turnbut-tons1t can easily be attached or removed.

Hinged to it at D is a panel L which constitutes a hood door andconsists of a rectangular frame E containing a suitable celluloid orother transparent light. The hinge I) may be constituted by the flexiblematerial of which the frame may be made. This may be built up ofmaterial such as ape hood canvas suitably stiffened, its edge the side Dbeing stitched or otherwise Weured to the lintel A. The hinge I) isarranged in line with the axis of the door hinge F, and the bottom ofthe window part attached to the door has a turnbutton arranged at G.Thus, as the body door is opened the hood door opens with it. Theturnbutton G engages a long slot M in the hood door in case the hingesof the two doors are not co-axial.

The top free corner H of the hood door may have a bias or twist impartedto it so as to cause it to set close to the hood, or it may be held inplace by a suitable spring clip which would allow the hood door to openwhen the body door; is opened, and vice versa.

it will beseen that by this invention the objections to the usual sidecurtains are ob viated by providing a door and frame for it which iscarried by the hood and opens with the body door.

What I claim my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a vehicle the combination with a body and top carried by saidbody, a door to said body, an Opening in said top corresponding with thebody door, of a flexible door frame, a 'ing'ing door tormedtheueto.

n'zeans for detachably securing said flexible time to the top and meansfor detachably securing the bottom oi said swinging door to th iodydoor, substzmtially as (lPSUilllHl.

motor vehicle the combination of l'r a. v i a body, a door to said body,a hood carried by said body, a door for said hood, :1 frame name to thisspecification in the presence of to WhlCll said hood door 1s lunged,detach two subscrlblng Witnesses. able means for securing said frame tosaid hood, :1 detachable slotted connection be- REGINALD WALTERMAUDSLAY' tween said hood and said body door substan- Witnesses: tiallyas set forth. ALBERT BROWN,

In testimony whereof I have Signed mv JOHN RAVEN.

